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David Gordon

Born 7 Dec 1947United States5 albums

American opera singer

Biography

David Gordon (born December 7, 1947) is an American concert and opera tenor, particularly noted as a Bach singer. He was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and trained at McGill University, the College of Wooster, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he made his debut in 1973. He went on to appear as soloist with orchestras and operas worldwide. Gordon is on the staff of the Carmel Bach Festival in California. Aside from his international vocal career, he is a teacher of Baroque vocal styles and has been an innovator in the creation of English supertitles for the great choral masterworks of Bach and Handel.

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Songs recorded

  1. A Ceremony of Carols: As Dew in Aprille
  2. A Ceremony of Carols: Balulalow
  3. A Ceremony of Carols: Deo Gracias
  4. A Ceremony of Carols: In Freezing Winter Night
  5. A Ceremony of Carols: Interlude (Harp Solo)
  6. A Ceremony of Carols: Procession
  7. A Ceremony of Carols: Recession
  8. A Ceremony of Carols: Spring Carol
  9. A Ceremony of Carols: That Yongë Child
  10. A Ceremony of Carols: There Is No Rose
  11. A Ceremony of Carols: This Little Babe
  12. A Ceremony of Carols: Wolcom Yole!
  13. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Aria. Love sounds th’alarm
  14. Cantata, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": Chorale (Verse II): "Zion hört die Wächter singen"
  15. Cantata, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": Recitative: "Er kommt, er kommt"
  16. Dreames and imaginations
  17. Et in terra pax from "Gloria"
  18. Into Eclipse: I. Prologue
  19. Into Eclipse: II. Riddle Song
  20. Into Eclipse: III. Oedipus I
  21. Into Eclipse: IV. A Quiet Fate
  22. Into Eclipse: V. Ghosts
  23. Into Eclipse: VI. Oedipus II
  24. Lauda per la natività del signore
  25. Magnificat: I. Magnificat
  26. Magnificat: VI. Et misericordia
  27. Magnificat: VIII. Deposuit potentes
  28. Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (Arr. Farrington for Chamber Ensemble)
  29. Mass No. 2 in G Major: Benedictus
  30. Quatre motets pour le temps de noël (Four Christmas Motets) : Hodie Christus natus est
  31. Quatre motets pour le temps de noël (Four Christmas Motets) : O magnum mysterium
  32. Quatre motets pour le temps de noël (Four Christmas Motets) : Quem vidistis pastores dicite
  33. Quatre motets pour le temps de noël (Four Christmas Motets) : Videntes stellam
  34. TreeStone: Part I: A Grand Funferall
  35. TreeStone: Part I: I Am Leafy Speafing
  36. TreeStone: Part I: Sea Birds
  37. TreeStone: Part II: Anna Livia Plurabelle
  38. TreeStone: Part II: Fallen Griefs
  39. TreeStone: Part II: Trisopher Tristan

Albums

Dreames and Imaginations: Elizabethan music for Voice and Consort of Viols
Dreames and Imaginations: Elizabethan music for Voice and Consort of ViolsDavid Gordon, Elaine Scott Banks, Tina Chancey, Robert Eisenstein, Wendy Gillespie & Mary Springfels · 1989
Vivaldi: Gloria / Bach: Magnificat
Vivaldi: Gloria / Bach: MagnificatVivaldi, Bach; Dawn Upshaw, Penelope Jensen, Marietta Simpson, David Gordon, William Stone, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw · 1989
Wachet Auf!: Cantatas BWV 56 & 140 / Motet BWV Anh. 159
Wachet Auf!: Cantatas BWV 56 & 140 / Motet BWV Anh. 159J.S. Bach; Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Henriette Schellenberg, David Gordon, Daniel Lichti · 1989
Acis and Galatea
Acis and GalateaHandel; Kotoski, Gordon, Siebert, Opalach, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz · 1991
Violin Concerto (In Concordiam) / TreeStone
Violin Concerto (In Concordiam) / TreeStoneStephen Albert; Seattle Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, Ilkka Talvi, Lucy Shelton, David Gordon · 1992

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